Wrench construction



April 14, 1925. 1,533,785

w. s. BELLOWS WRENCH CONSTRUCTION Filed Nov. 13. 1924 Patented Apr. 14,1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT o w-E;

\VAEREN S. BELLOWS, OF GRANGE, J6EE?! JERSEY, ASSIGNOB TO wALDEN,WORCESTER, INC, 03? WORCESTER, MASSAGHUQETTEE, CQRPQRATIQN OF MASSA-CI-IUSETTS.

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Application filed November 1 3, 1924. Serial No. 749,619.

To all who 1n it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVnmucN S. Bnnnows, a citizen of the United States,resident of East Orange, county of Essex, and-State'of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in rench Construc' tions,of which the following is specification.

r his invention relates to an improvement in socket wrenches and othertools and more especially to an improvement in means securing thesockets or such a wrench on the han lle thereof.

In the securing of a socket or other tool on the handle of a wrench ofthe types illustrated in the accompanying drawings it is necessary thatthe socket be retained against both longitudinal and rotational movementon the handle, and in the past it has been customary to screw, rivet orpin the handle and socket together, providing in each instance a meansto hold-the socket against both longitudinal and rotational movement, insomeinsta nces providing one means to hold against rotational movementand another means to hold against longitudinal movement.

lnnmy copending application Serial No. 7

348,691 filed December 31, 1919, I have shown and claimed a means forsecuring the socket on the handle of a wrench which comprises insertingthe handle in a hole in the base of the socket and securing the twotogether by driving a portion of the socket member from within the nutengaging socket into engagement with the handle to hold the socketagainst both longitudinal and rotational movement on the handle, thisbeing the preferred embodiment of my invention at the date of filing ofsaid application because the displaced portion of the socket ispartially concealed from view when located in the nut engaging socket.

As explained in said original application, however, the displacedportion of the socket need not be located within thenut engaging portionthereof, and in some instances can not be conveniently located therein.

It is therefore one of the objects of the present invention to provide awrench with the socket and handle secured together by driving an axially,located portion of the socket into engagement with the handle socket.

A more specific object of the invention is to apply this ty e ofsecuring means to wrenches of the type wherein it is' diilicult orimpractical to have the displaced portion inside the nut engagingportion of the Other objects and advantages will appear as thedescription of theinvention proceeds.

In the accompanying drawings I'have illustrated the invention as appliedto wrenches of the type wherein'it is difficult or impractical to locatethedisplaced poi tion of the socket inside tl'ielnut'engaging portionthereof. ltwill be understood however that the means which 'Ipropos'emay be applied if desired to socket wrenches of the type shown in mycopending application above identified.

Figure l of thedrawing is a part sectional view of one form of wrench,with my invention applied thereto;

Figx2is a part sectional view of another form of wrench;

Fig.8 is a sectional view on the'line 3-3 ofFig. 2; 'i

Fig. 4 shows the invention appliedto a different type of tool; and

Fig. 5 is a view of another application of the invention.

In the embodiment shown in Fig. 1, the

socket 1 comprises an elongated body portion 2 having a nut engagingsocket 3 in one end thereof and a handle receiving hole 4: near theother end, with the aXis of the hole crossing the axis of the nutengaging socket, andwith a large body of solid metal between the bottomof the nut socket 3 and hole 4. A handle 5 comprisinga bar or rod isinserted in the hole 4 and secured against longitudinal or rotationalmovement relative to the socket by driving a substantially axiallylocated portion 6 of the socket intoengagement with the handle.

Figs. 2 and 3 show a different application of the. invention wherein ashort socket 7 has the nut engaging portion 8 extend as far into thesocket as possible to provide a deep nut engaging portion. The hole 9for the handle extends through the base of the sock et at right anglestolihe nut engaging portion and the handle 10 may project as at 10intothe upper end of the nut engaging portion making it substantiallyimpossible to secure the socket on the handle by displacing a portionfrom within the nut engaging socket. In this embodiment of the inventiontherefore the portion 6 at the top or base of the socket is indented todrive the metal of the socketagainst and into the handle 10 to securethe socket against longitudinal and rotational movement on the. handle.

Fig. 4: shows the invention applied to the T shank of a wrench or othertool. In this embodiment the shank 11 may be provided with an enlarged'head12 through which the handle receiving hole 13 passes at rightangles to the shank. A handle 1st is passed through the hole 13 andsecured against longitudinal or rotational movement relative to theshank by an axially located portion 6 of the head 12 driven intoengagement with the handle. The lower end 11" of the shank may besquared to fit into a socket or other tool for turning the same.

Fig. 5 shows a wrench 15 of comparatively small size similar to thewrenches shown in my copending application above identified, in whichthe nut-engaging portion 16 is of such a small diameter as to preclude apunch of suflicient size to withstand the driving strain thereon beinginserted therein. In this application oi the invention it is thereforedesirable to use a larger size punch and drive a portion 6 from the topor base of the socket into engagement with the handle 17 to hold thesocket against longitudinal or rotational movement on the handle.

I have illustrated various applications of 7 my invention 1n theaccompanying drawings which are to be taken solely by way of 11- 7lustration and not by way of limitation as various other applications ofmy invention can be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention or the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1; In a socket wrench, the combination of a socket member having thereina nut-engaging socket and a handle-receiving hole, said handle-receivinghole being located within the base portion of the socket memher with theaxis of said hole crossing the axis of the nut-engaging socket, and ahandle inserted in said hole and held against longitudinal androtational movement therein by an integral axially located portion 01':the socket member driven into engagement with said handle from outsidethe nut-engaging socket.

2. In a tool of the type described, a turning member and a turnedmember, means at one end of the turned member to cooperate with a partto be turned, and means at the other end of the turned member forsecuring the turned member and the turning member together comprising ahole in the turned member into which the turning member is inserted, andmeans to prevent longitudinal and rotational movement of one of saidmembers relative to the other, coinprising an integral axially locatedportion of the turned member driven into engagement with the turningmember from the end opposite the means to cooperate with the part to beturned. a In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature to thisspecification.

WARREN s. BELLOWS

